Person Old Testament
Matred
Matred was the mother of Mehetabel, who was the wife of Hadar, king of Edom. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 36:39.
Why it matters. Mother of Mehetabel, wife of Hadar, king of Edom.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Matred
Matred was a woman mentioned in the genealogies of the kings of Edom. She was the mother of Mehetabel, who became the wife of Hadar (or Hadad), the last king of Edom mentioned before the monarchy of Israel (Gen.36.39; 1Ch.1.50).
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.